In the summer of 1986, when his song Sledgehammer attained the number one spot on the US singles chart, Peter Gabriel swapped his position as a cult artist for that of a pop sensation. He’d had hits ...
As a member of Genesis and as a solo artist, Peter Gabriel has performed on 16 studio albums. Collectively, those albums have produced some of the most beloved music of the rock era. Yet some of ...
“Many years ago, [Genesis] did a show called The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, and my plan for the beginning was to take brain and body readings from each member of the band and turn them into music. It ...
Believe me, I’m not looking forward to my death … but one positive that may come out of it is that grass doesn’t grow very well in hell. As they say, no one on their death bed wishes they had mowed ...
“Flood” Warning Peter Gabriel decided he wasn’t cut out for a long career fronting Genesis, as he desired more musical autonomy via his solo work. That didn’t mean, however, his albums would be DIY ...
PETER GABRIEL is 73 years old and, like many ageing rock stars, works with an energy that suggests pop music has an uncanny power to keep its practitioners young. Otherwise, the British musician ...
Peter Gabriel first learned about former U.S. President Jimmy Carter in Rolling Stone. He doesn’t remember the exact date, but a 1975 article about Georgia’s Allman Brothers Band and their support for ...